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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.

Elie Wiesel

Be careful with words, they’re dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It’s up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words
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Angel Care Dangerous Demon Myself Word
In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
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Fly Give Up Ground Order Stand Yourself
Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.
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Human Man Suffering Woman
We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.
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Believe God Illusion Man Spark
Only the guilty are guilty: the children of killers are not killers, but children.
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Children Family Guilty Kill
Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.
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Angry Bite Cry Day Lips Wait
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
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Endurance Human Humiliation Myself Silence
Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
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Attitude Judgement Nation Refugee
Emphasis must be put on learning: there is no substitute to education. It can be briefly formulated in a few words: always, whatever you do in life, think higher and feel deeper.
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Education Learning Substitute Word
For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people’s memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.
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Imagination Invention Memories Myself People Time
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
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Election God Official Person Religious
What is man? Hope turned to dust. No. What is man? Dust turned to hope.
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Dust Hope Man
you can do something. You can, even for one person Don’t turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.
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Group Person Suffering Yourself
I came to the conclusion that I am free to choose my own suffering. But I am not free to consent to someone else’s suffering.
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Choice Freedom Myself Suffering
Eternity is the place where questions and answers become one.
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Forever Oneself Place Question
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
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Help Oppression Side Victim

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.

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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason.

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